Deputy Prime Minister of France

The Deputy Prime Minister of France, more properly known as the Vice President of the Council of Ministers, was a sinecure position that existed during the Third and Fourth Republics, as well as the Vichy regime during World War II. It was reserved for the leaders of junior parties during coalition governments.

During the Vichy regime, the title was in fact bestowed on the de facto prime minister.

Its first holder was Eugène Penancier, who served under Édouard Daladier in 1932, and its last was Guy Mollet, who served under Pierre Pflimlin in 1958.

List of Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers during World War II

#		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			notes
			Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	•	11 March1940	18 May 1940	Paris evacuated.
			Philippe Pétain (1856–1951)	•	18 May 1940	16 June 1940	entered cabinet as Minister of State
			Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	•	16 June 1940	11 July 1940	end of 3rd Republic. Defected to the United States
	1		Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	5	11 July 1940	13 December 1940	first to take on duties of a de facto Prime Minister.
	2		Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889–1958)	2	13 December 1940	9 February 1941	Georges Pernot was Deputy Vice President.
	3		François Darlan (1881–1942)	•	9 February 1941	18 April 1942 (Died in office)	Collaborated with Allies in North Africa, Assassinated.